deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a passage in a manuscript
delete a computer file
The email was accidentally deleted.
Examples of delete in a Sentence
Delete this name from the list.
When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
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For example, if a customer cancels a recurring transaction or disputes a charge, delete the recurring transactions and contact the customer.
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Allen Kopelman, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The post has since been deleted, but this matches a report from YouTuber Jake Randall, who says each Target store is set to have between 40 to 60 consoles ready to buy on launch day.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
People could delete and sign up for new World IDs after being suspended from a platform.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 May 2025
When the Frost used their second-round pick to draft her last June, there was some immediate criticism of her social media history, some of it since deleted but including an extant tweet that appears to endorse a group focused on keeping transgender women out of women’s sports.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
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Allen Kopelman, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The post has since been deleted, but this matches a report from YouTuber Jake Randall, who says each Target store is set to have between 40 to 60 consoles ready to buy on launch day.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
People could delete and sign up for new World IDs after being suspended from a platform.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 May 2025
When the Frost used their second-round pick to draft her last June, there was some immediate criticism of her social media history, some of it since deleted but including an extant tweet that appears to endorse a group focused on keeping transgender women out of women’s sports.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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delete
verb
de·lete
di-ˈlēt 
deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a part of the story
delete a computer file
deletion
noun
di-ˈlē-shən
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